Somersworth police said they've taken down a burglary ring tied to crimes across the Seacoast.

Authorities arrested four men Wednesday night at two locations in Westbrook Park, a small trailer park on Route 108.

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Officials said there was so much stolen property that police worked into the early-morning hours to catalog all of it, and they believe some of the items had been stolen on the same day.

Police converged on the trailer park to serve a pair of search warrants and found a treasure trove of goods that were allegedly bagged in a burglary spree in Stafford County.

"We recovered a large amount of property that we believe is stolen property from burglaries ranging from Stafford to Rochester to Somersworth," Somersworth Police Department Capt. David Kretschmar said.

Investigators said they developed leads in the case based on the modus operandi of the burglars.

"It appears the people are walking up to doors during the day, couple people are doing it. One goes to the back, one goes to the front. They knock on the doors. If nobody answers, they go in from the back to ransack the house, pretty much taking jewelry, bonds, money if they can find it," Kretschmar said.

Detectives also recovered two safes, gaming systems and a small amount of heroin.

Police charged John DeFalco, 33, with two counts of receiving stolen property, and Randall Goslin, 47, with one count of theft. James Lavoice, 23, and Richard Folger, 28, were also arrested on drug charges.

Police said they'll contact burglary victims over the next two days to have them view the stolen property to see if it can be matched with the rightful owners.

The burglaries happened over two months, and more charges are expected to be filed.